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It happened on the way to war : a marine's path to peace

Barcott, Rye (Author).

Summary: Traces the author's visit to Nairobi to gain better understanding of ethnic violence, describing the friendships with a widowed nurse and a community organizer with whom he built the leadership development organization Carolina for Kibera.

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  • ISBN: 1608192172
  • ISBN: 9781608192175
  • Physical Description: print
    viii, 340 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : color illustrations, maps ; 25 cm
  • Edition: First United States edition
  • Publisher: New York : Bloomsbury USA, 2011.

Content descriptions

Formatted Contents Note:
Pt. 1. The grenade ; Big Gota (fist bump) ; The present and future leaders ; "Because I can" ; What's the key? -- pt. 2. Doers ; The sword ; Things fall apart ; Messiahs ; Harambee ; War on trash -- pt. 3. From peacetime to wartime ; Change and continuity ; Spyderco ; Compartments ; Grass, flower, and wind ; The manuscript ; The elephant and the velvet glove ; Eleven years old and his life is already behind him ; Impact.
Study Program Information Note:
Accelerated Reader AR UG 6.9 20 151804.
Subject:
Barcott, Rye
United States. Marine Corps Officers Biography
Carolina for Kibera.
Community development Kenya Kibera
Poor Kenya Kibera
Slums Kenya Kibera
Social service Kenya Kibera
Volunteer workers in social service Kenya Kibera Biography
Volunteer workers in social service United States Biography
Kibera (Kenya) Social conditions
Genre:
Autobiographies.

Available copies

  • 5 of 6 copies available at NC Cardinal. (Show)
  • 1 of 1 copy available at Onslow County Public Library.

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